Easy Chinese Salmon Wonton Soup Recipe

There is no formula for comfort food, but if you are searching for one tonight, this is it – the easy chinese salmon wonton soup! The herbs and salmon wonton with the delicious clams broth is the perfect idea for an asian comfort style food!

You can make exactly the same recipe but substitute the salmon for your favorite fish, grounded meat or even mixed veggies, whatever you do, it will taste amazing!

Wonton Soup Factsheet

What is the Wonton soup ? Wonton soup has origins in China and the wonton means dumpling. Depending on the type of filling, usual being pork minced meat, the soup can be of different tastes. In the above case the filling is Salmon. Wonton soups are now available worldwide, although in different tastes and styles, the main theme being the handmade dumplings in the shape of usually a right hand triangle. The dumplings are made either fried or boiled and then served in a soup.

Ingredients

1 Salmon (2 - 3 lbs) or 6 salmon fillets

2 Green Apples

1 Lemon

1 Fennel

1 handful Dill

1 package of pre made Wonton wrappers

1 lb Clams

4 cloves of Garlic

4 tbsp Olive Oil

1 tsp Sesame Oil

1 tsp Soy Sauce

1 handful of Coriander

2 liters of Water

Pinch of Salt

Steps

Step 1

Ingredients summary

Step 2

Start by preparing your salmon, or if you don’t know how to do it by yourself, you can buy already prepared salmon fillets

Step 3

On a medium bowl add your salmon fillets, the juice of one lemon,
chopped handful of dill, salt and sliced apple cubes

Step 4

With your hands mix everything together until you have a creamy paste consistency, you can also use a food processor for this step

Step 5

Now dip your finger into water and run it along the edges of a wonton wrapper. Fold the wrapper diagonally over the filling, pressing out any air, to make a triangle. Press the edges firmly together. Moisten the two points on the long side of the triangle and pinch them together over the filling to seal. (The finished wonton should look like a pope’s hat.) Repeat with the remaining wrappers.